The Bush Administration has humbled America further, falling further from its once proud status as the admired and unrivaled leader of the free world at the turn of the Millennium.
The convention that has guided the World Bank is not binding. The remaining voting constituencies in the Bank should reject the appointment of someone so central to bringing the world years of the wrong war. The European Union, Japan, India, Brazil, and South Africa, for example, should all take the lead in rejecting this nomination.